Added to Creative Stoke, 6th January 2012

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‘Apprenticeships for Growth’ is a morning event to support small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire interested in recruiting apprentices. The date is 8th March 2012, and the venue will be the Staffordshire County Showground. Full details from the Economic Development Officer of Stafford Borough Council, Mary Timmis, at: mtimmis@staffordbc.gov.uk

06.01.1221st century learners: investing in skills for their future is a forthcoming education conference on 7th March 2012 in Stoke-on-Trent. Cost is £95. One of the four key themes is the “Creative Curriculum”, and Partners in Creative Learning (aka Creative Partnerships, now PiCL) will be giving a talk on its work in Stoke and Staffordshire. The organisers say: “places are limited, so book now”. See the Web page for full details.

06.01.12North Staffs Minerals is the name of an addon pack being actively developed for the RailWorks Train Simulator 2012 3D train simulator videogame. The pack will feature an authentic 3D interactive recreation of the old industrial train lines in Stoke-on-Trent…

“The hub of the route is Stoke-on-Trent, headquarters of the Stoke Division of the London Midland Region, within Stoke are Stoke Yard, Cockshute Yard and Cockshute Holding Sidings, all local freight traffic originates from the two yards and serves the Collieries located along the former Biddulph Valley line and the North Staffs Colwich to Macclesfield Line.”

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Job: The University of Derby is seeking a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Popular Music.

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Job: The Co-op Academy At Brownhills, Stoke-on-Trent, require a Teacher of Drama KS3 and KS4 for a one year maternity leave contract. Application deadline: 27th January 2012. See the website for full details.

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The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery has several one day creative courses in early 2012. These include: An Introduction to Video Recording; An Introduction to Video Editing; and An Introduction to Digital Photography.

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Staffordshire’s first Humanities Conference for school teachers will take place at the Kingston Centre, Stafford, on 14th March 2012. National speakers and leading professionals will talk on shaping the National Curriculum in areas such as History and English Literature. Cost is £178.

“a practical, hands on workshop on how to write a case study that effectively communicates your work and its benefits to potential employers. You will need to bring a laptop to write and upload your completed case study to the Praxis website.”

To book a place or ask for more details, contact Sarah-Jane Watkinson at: sarah-jane@praxisartsandhealth.org.uk

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The new Foxlowe Arts Centre in Leek town is starting a new Saturday morning youth theatre class, for ages 7 to 16. These drama workshops will be led by Katie White, a graduate of the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in London. The workshops will start in late February 2012 and run in six weekly blocks to coincide with school term times. Each block will cost £39 per person.

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There are places available on the Writing Squad writers’ group for young people in Stafford town. The group is specifically for elective home-educated young writers. Full details from: joanne@writingwestmidlands.org

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Stoke-on-Trent indie band All The Young have set a release date for their first album. Welcome Home will be released on 12th March 2012, and will be the first of six albums released as part of their major Warner Brothers contract.

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The South Cheshire Young Composer competition is also open to entries from North Staffordshire, and the entry deadline is 6th July 2012. Anyone aged up to 19 years old can enter. See the Web page for full details.

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Wolverhampton Art Gallery is offering a workshop exploring the role of place and atmosphere in writing, on 14th January 2012. All levels of experience welcome but you must be over age eighteen and the group will not be working on poetry. Cost is £16. Full details are online here.

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Applications are now being accepted from crafts makers and artists for stalls at the Lichfield Festival Market on 7th July 2012.